SEATTLE – At this time of year, it can take awhile to get dark in the Pacific Northwest. So maybe the Angels didn't realize how late it really was.

Trailing 4-0 after five innings Friday night, the Angels rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners with a throwing error in the ninth inning opening the door to a three-run inning.

The four-run deficit is the largest erased this season by the Angels who had been 0-19 when trailing after seven innings until Friday night.

"It's a good comeback win," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Hopefully, in a couple months, we'll point back at this stretch and point to games like this. But there's a lot ahead of us."

Scioscia added that Albert Pujols, who hit a three-run homer Friday, has "started to come to life. Some things have come to life."

It hasn't hurt that the Angels are playing three teams likely to be left for dead before long – the Padres (who beat them two out of three over last weekend), A's and Mariners. But Friday's rally did give them a season-high four-game winning streak and seven wins in their past 11 games.

"I had a good feeling about this one," said Angels outfielder Mark Trumbo who started the ninth-inning rally with a single. "I felt we had some momentum from the last couple games and it was just a matter of time before we did some damage.

"That's one of the things I've noticed on good teams – they have a lot of come-from-behind wins. I've been waiting for a game like this for awhile. It was awesome."

Right-hander Ervin Santana's control problems put the Angels in need of a rally. Santana walked four of the first eight batters he faced and a season-high seven (one short of his career-high) in just five innings.

"I'll tell you, I don't know if I've ever seen Ervin as out of sync as that," Scioscia said. "He had a lot of trouble with his delivery, a lot of trouble repeating pitches. It was obvious he didn't have his best stuff and wasn't matching that with command."

The Mariners didn't make him pay a heavy price for the seven walks. They entered the game batting just .198 in their own park this season and scratched out only single runs in the first and third innings before Justin Smoak's two-run home run in the fifth made it 4-0.

Pujols' three-run home run in the top of the sixth ate up most of that lead. It was his fifth home run in a 38-at-bat burst after hitting just one in his first 147 at-bats this season. Pujols now has 20 RBIs in his past 19 games.

The Mariners handed that one-run lead to struggling closer Brandon League, who has three blown saves and an 8.31 ERA over his past nine appearances.

Trumbo led off with no hits in his previous 13 at-bats but lined League's first pitch into center field for a single – the early swinging became a theme for the Angels against League.

"I felt like I've still been swinging the bat pretty well, maybe expanding the zone at times," Trumbo said. "But I gotta have a game plan in that situation. Facing him before, I felt it was in my best interest to be aggressive early and if I got something I could handle, try to put it in play."

The Angels' Albert Pujols watches the flight of his home run in the sixth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field. OTTO GREULE JR., GETTY IMAGES
Mariners third baseman Alex Liddi can't handle the throw from pitcher Brandon League in the ninth inning as Peter Bourjos of the Angels of Anaheim slides in safely at Safeco Field. OTTO GREULE JR, GETTY IMAGES
The Angels' Howie Kendrick drives in two runs with a single in the ninth inning against the Seattle Mariners. OTTO GREULE JR, GETTY IMAGES
The Angels' Ervin Santana throws a pitch against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
The Angels' Maicer Izturis, right, pops up after stealing second base in the first inning as Seattle Mariners second baseman Kyle Seager puts on a tag. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
The Angels' Maicer Izturis hits an infield pop-up against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
The Angels' Albert Pujols hits a three-run home run against the Seattle Mariners in the sixth inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
The Angels' Peter Bourjos races home to score the tying run against the Seattle Mariners in the ninth inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
Seattle Mariners second baseman Kyle Seager, left, jumps out of the way as the Angels' Kole Calhoun slides into second base in the third inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
Angels starting pitcher Ervin Santana, left, talks with third baseman Alberto Callaspo after Santana gave up a run to the Seattle Mariners in the third inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
Mariners second baseman Kyle Seager, right, starts his throw to first as the Angels' Maicer Izturis heads to second base in the fourth inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
A pair of Angels fans, surrounded by Seattle Mariners fans, cheer a three-run home run by the Angels' Albert Pujols in the sixth inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
Seattle Mariners third baseman Alex Liddi, left, and the Angels' Peter Bourjos collide at third base after a throwing error by pitcher Brandon League went past Liddi in the ninth inning. The Angels won, 6-4, by scoring three runs in the ninth inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
The Seattle Mariners' Justin Smoak drives in a run against the Angels in the first inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
A foul ball rolls off the shoulder of the Mariners' Jesus Montero in the first inning. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Gaylord Perry, right, embraces his daughter Allison Perry after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Mariners' game against the Angels. ELAINE THOMPSON, AP

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